And the first of the three laminations: roll it out to a quarter thickness, about 8 by 16 inches, fold it in threes, turn it 90 degrees, roll it out again to a quarter inch, and fold it in threes....
The next step: rolling out the dough, bar a 4" square center to a quarter inch, flipping it over, put the chilled butter on it that's been made pliant and closing and sealing the parcel so no butter...
Cold butter rolled out to make it pliant, chilled once for thirty minutes along the way, and the detrempe dough made for the puff pastry dough, and set to chill for an hour in the fridge.
Time to assemble the dough and butter, make the first two folds, and chill the puff pastry dough ... From left to right, Strut, Belle, and Spring don't care.
I was cooking dinner, a couple hundred miles south of Ascension Island, as we went clipping across the sea at 8-10 kts One of the really nice things about catamarans, at least this style, is the...
I think it was incredibly irresponsible to let me shop at a specialty food store by myself, on a day I'm fasting. I blame Colin! Pictured, left to right: sel gris, Maldon sea salt flakes, whisky...
Rabies vaccin series, typhoid fever vaccin series, yellow fever vaccin ... I never had a reaction to vaccinations, but if that changed, Christmas through New Year's could be a bit rough.